this IS war

My wife is currently reading George Weller’s First into Nagasaki, an excellent collection of his end-of-war dispatches.  Now I read that a huge collection of Hiroshima photographs from the Strategic Bombing Survey for the Pacific Theatre of War has surfaced, found in the trash.  Amazing. Tip from American Digest. Read more

Don’t take potshots at the Royal Marines when they’re on the job–they rile easy.  Well done, mates. Read more

A few years back, we were hearing how wonderful it was that the meatpacking industry in the Midwest was growing with the addition of kosher slaughterhouses.  Now that doesn’t seem to be working out quite so well.  This is what I call conforming to an unfortunate stereotype.Tip from The Corner. Read more

Lisa Schiffren’s kids get it: So, last weekend, in a beautiful town in rural Vermont, my 10 year old, Sarah, looked at a purple painted house festooned with peace signs, and said — "Look. Obama voters." We had seen plenty of Obama lawn signs — and an equal number of McCain ones as it happens Read more

…and ends up talking about Cowboys and Secret Agents.  Go read it. Read more

OK, it wasn’t a fluke.  Bill Whittle has another article at National Review Online.  A taste: …by reminding ourselves and those around us of who we are, where we came from, what we have achieved together and of the marvels we have yet to achieve, we may laugh in the face of despair and mock Read more

The latest Fjordman Report throws down the gauntlet to western feminists: …white Western women prefer men who treat them like crap, and disrespect men who treat them with respect. This isn’t exactly a smart way to behave if you want to be treated with dignity. Read more

In a NYT article about animals gaining "human" rights, reporter Donald McNeil, Jr, observes that " philosophers who slip into dementia may be lashed to their beds…"  Given the enormous amount of grief committed in the name of pernicious philosophies during the 20th century, should we wait for the dementia? Tip from the Instapundit. Read more

Today, Friday the 13th, is a day for all Micks to be proud to be Irish. Good on ya, Ireland.  Don’t let the EUrocrats push you around. Tip from the Gates of Vienna. Read more

FINALLY, that Blood For Oil thing just might kick in.  And guess who’s responsible? Tip from the Drudge Report. Read more